macports - Package manager for MacPorts

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Examples
• Status
• Maintenance
  • Author

Synopsis

• Manages MacPorts packages (ports)

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
name required		A list of port names. aliases: port
state	Choices: present ← absent active inactive	Indicates the desired state of the port.
update_ports bool	Choices: no ← yes	Update the ports tree first. aliases: update_cache
variant (added in 2.7)		A port variant specification. variant is only supported with state: installed/present. aliases: variants

Examples

- name: Install the foo port
  macports:
    name: foo

- name: Install the universal, x11 variant of the foo port
  macports:
    name: foo
    variant: +universal+x11

- name: Install a list of ports
  macports:
    name: "{{ ports }}"
  vars:
    ports:
    - foo
    - foo-tools

- name: Update the ports tree then install the foo port
  macports:
    name: foo
    update_ports: yes

- name: Remove the foo port
  macports:
    name: foo
    state: absent

- name: Activate the foo port
  macports:
    name: foo
    state: active

- name: Deactivate the foo port
  macports:
    name: foo
    state: inactive

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

• Jimmy Tang (@jcftang)